Mode Switcher

[lopezpm]

Because I'm dumb I un-installed the topbarmodemenu in Preware. Now I can't install the new version through Quick Install. Dammit, I just went to check the version I had installed and when I saw it was a later version I clicked uninstall and immediately realized I screwed up. I know your not supposed to install with one and uninstall with the other. Is there anyway to properly uninstall it now. Or is this one for the Dr.

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

Because I'm dumb I un-installed the topbarmodemenu in Preware. Now I can't install the new version through Quick Install. Dammit, I just went to check the version I had installed and when I saw it was a later version I clicked uninstall and immediately realized I screwed up. I know your not supposed to install with one and uninstall with the other. Is there anyway to properly uninstall it now. Or is this one for the Dr.

I thought that Preware and WQI are compatible with each other. Actually they even might be and there's a bug in the packaging of my patch. If you can wait for tomorrow then I can check what happens when you install with WQI and uninstall with Preware and give you a script or updated package that fixes your situation.

Even thou if they are compatible I would not suggest this kind of usage as you said I have had problems with WQI many times but not yet with Preware. I just hope they would add a custom feed option into it soon. If there where this option I would offer the beta packages through my own feed so WQI would not be needed.

[lopezpm]

Originally Posted by sconix

I thought that Preware and WQI are compatible with each other. Actually they even might be and there's a bug in the packaging of my patch. If you can wait for tomorrow then I can check what happens when you install with WQI and uninstall with Preware and give you a script or updated package that fixes your situation.

Even thou if they are compatible I would not suggest this kind of usage as you said I have had problems with WQI many times but not yet with Preware. I just hope they would add a custom feed option into it soon. If there where this option I would offer the beta packages through my own feed so WQI would not be needed.

I'll patiently wait for tomorrow. BTW, here's the error I get.
It doesn't show up in Preware or Quickinstall anymore, but the topbarmodemenu still shows up in the upper left corner.

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

I'll patiently wait for tomorrow. BTW, here's the error I get.
It doesn't show up in Preware or Quickinstall anymore, but the topbarmodemenu still shows up in the upper left corner.

OK, so it seems that it did not manage to uninstall it properly for some reason. I'll get back to you in this manner tomorrow. It is possible that the fault is in my packaging, but at least it is supposed to be exactly like other patch packages in Preware feeds.

[mamouton]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

I'll patiently wait for tomorrow. BTW, here's the error I get.
It doesn't show up in Preware or Quickinstall anymore, but the topbarmodemenu still shows up in the upper left corner.

Have you looked under the application part of webosqi

[lopezpm]

Originally Posted by mamouton

Have you looked under the application part of webosqi

Yeah, I did. It's not in either, packages or patches.

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

Yeah, I did. It's not in either, packages or patches.

BTW, what is your desktop OS from which you use WQI? If you have Linux I could already give you a shell scripts tonight that should fix the situation. If you are using some other platform then cannot help you tonight.

[lopezpm]

Originally Posted by sconix

BTW, what is your desktop OS from which you use WQI? If you have Linux I could already give you a shell scripts tonight that should fix the situation. If you are using some other platform then cannot help you tonight.

I'm using Windows 7, no rush I can wait until tomorrow. What is the Linux Commandline under Tools in WebOS Quickinstall?

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

I'm using Windows 7, no rush I can wait until tomorrow.

OK, one other thing that came to my mind: If you happen to have the version that you had installed of the patch package then I could easily modify it into version that would install over whats ever left from the failed uninstall. Asking since I did not store those old versions and this method would be the easiest, but needs the exact same version of the patch that was installed.

The linux command line gives you command line access to your phone. You could use it to check if the uninstall left the files from the patch package, if it did then you could execute the uninstall manually.

You can check if it left the files needed for uninstall by typing:
ls /media/cryptofs/apps/usr/lib/ipkg/info/org.e-lnx.wee.patches.topbarmodemenu.prerm

If the file exists then I could easily give you command to type for the manual uninstall.

[lopezpm]

Originally Posted by sconix

OK, one other thing that came to my mind: If you happen to have the version that you had installed of the patch package then I could easily modify it into version that would install over whats ever left from the failed uninstall. Asking since I did not store those old versions and this method would be the easiest, but needs the exact same version of the patch that was installed.

The linux command line gives you command line access to your phone. You could use it to check if the uninstall left the files from the patch package, if it did then you could execute the uninstall manually.

You can check if it left the files needed for uninstall by typing:
ls /media/cryptofs/apps/usr/lib/ipkg/info/org.e-lnx.wee.patches.topbarmodemenu.prerm

If the file exists then I could easily give you command to type for the manual uninstall.

I got "no such file or directory" using WQI or Novaterm. I do have the original one at work but not going back until Monday.

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

I got "no such file or directory" using WQI or Novaterm. I do have the original one at work but not going back until Monday.

OK, that means that the package itself got uninstalled, but the patch did not. You should check that if /var/usr/lib/.webosinternals.patches/topbarmodemenu.patch file exists on the device. If it is also removed then the only easy thing I could do is to edit the original package so that it installs without applying the patch and then you could try to uninstall it normally.

[gollyzila]

What happened to the "Get Settings" button? I liked it because my phone has the preferred settings set, I just need to mirror that onto Default Mode

[lopezpm]

I get a "Permission Denied".

[gollyzila]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

I get a "Permission Denied".

Type

mount -o remount,rw /

to gain read/write permission.

Type

mount -o remount,ro /

to set read only permission.

[lopezpm]

Originally Posted by gollyzila

Type

mount -o remount,rw /

to gain read/write permission.

Type

mount -o remount,ro /

to set read only permission.

Gollyzilla, thanks for that tip. Unfortunately I'm still getting Permission denied

[sconix]

Originally Posted by gollyzila

What happened to the "Get Settings" button? I liked it because my phone has the preferred settings set, I just need to mirror that onto Default Mode

It's back within the next release but as automatic. In next version when you add settings they have automatically the value that is currently set in your phone. And of course if you don't want to set that setting value the Default option can be found from the selector.

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

I get a "Permission Denied".

You don't have any command in front of so it tries to execute it and hence no permissions. My bad, should have said that: ls <the path here)
so it tries to list the file. But since it does not say that file not found it means that the file exists. I will post instructions for trying the manual uninstall in few minutes minutes. (I'll update this post so keep an eye on this).

Download the script (remove.sh.zip) from this post and unzip it. Copy the script (remove.sh) into /tmp directory on the device (WQI also has graphical way of sending files if you don't know how to do it with novacom).

Then from novacom terminal execute following command:
sh /tmp/remove.sh

If it says SUCCESS then it should have removed all the remains of the patch package and you should be able to install a new version with WQI. But before installing restart at least the Luna (execute 'pkill LunaSysMgr' from novacom) or the phone to see that the patch has actually been removed. But if it says FAILURE then something has messed up with the files and the patch does not unapply cleanly.

Hopefully it works.

[lopezpm]

Originally Posted by sconix

You don't have any command in front of so it tries to execute it and hence no permissions. My bad, should have said that: ls <the path here)
so it tries to list the file. But since it does not say that file not found it means that the file exists. I will post instructions for trying the manual uninstall in few minutes minutes. (I'll update this post so keep an eye on this).

Your right, with the "ls" in front, it finds it. It's a success, uninstalled. Restarted. And going to install the new versions. Seriously, Thanks for taking the time to help me out. It was completely my fault, so I appreciate it.

[sconix]

Originally Posted by lopezpm

Your right, with the "ls" in front, it finds it. It's a success, uninstalled. Restarted. And going to install the new versions. Seriously, Thanks for taking the time to help me out. It was completely my fault, so I appreciate it.

No problems, happy to help and glad it worked.

[lopezpm]

Installed the new versions. It remembered all settings and triggers, it now switches on command. Very Nice!!!